Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 147 



3. Cratoxtlon formosum, Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. PI. I, 166. A 

 shrub or tree 20 to G feet high, all parts quite glabrous, young branches 

 pale. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute or 

 rounded, the base slightly narrowed ; upper surface shining ; lower dull, 

 pale, glaucescent and with numerous minute black dots ; main nerves 6 

 to 8 pairs, little more prominent than the secondary ; length 3 to 4 in., 

 breadth 175 to 22r) in., petiole '25 in., thin. Cymes axillary, or from 

 above the scars of fallen leaves, 2-3-flowered. Floivers'lb in. long, their 

 liedicels '5 in. Sepuls elliptic, pointed, faintly veined, "2 in. long, nenily 

 equal, not accrescent. Petals thin, prominently veined, elliptic, with a 

 narrow scale above the slender claw ; hypogynous glands small, oblong 

 or quadrate, crimson. Tubes of starainal bundles long, slender, exserted. 

 Gdpsnles cylindric, acute, "6 in. long. Seeds '3 in. long, with an obtuse 

 obovate unihiteral wing. Hook. fil. Br, Ind. I, 258; Kurz Fl. 

 Burm. I, 84. TrvJesmis formom, Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. J 79, t. 

 37 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, T, pt. ii, p. 517. T. ochnoides, Spach Suit. Buff. 

 V, 359. Elodea formosa, Jack in Hook, Joiii-n. Bot. I, 374. 



In all the Provinces. Distrib. Siam, Philippines, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



4. Cratoxtlon Maingati, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258. A 

 tree 30 feet high ; all parts glabrous ; young branches with pale brown, 

 ridged bark. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate at apex and base ; 

 both surfaces shining, the lower paler; main nerves obscure, about 6 

 pairs; length 2 to 3 5 in., brearith 1 to 1"5 in., petiole "25 in. Cymes 

 axillary, or from above the scars of fallen leaves, few-flowered. Flowers 

 about "5 in. long, their pedicels "25 in. Sepals oblong, unequal. I'etuls 

 elliptic, clawed, veined, the basal scale acute. Cnpsnle "5 in. Ion"-, 

 narrowly cylindric. Seeds "25 in. long, with oblong unilateral wing. 



Penang ; Mainga3^ 



Apparently an uncommon tree, since only Maingay has as yet 

 collected it. 



Order XIV. GUTTIFEB^. 



Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish juice. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous or membranous, rarely whorled or stipulate. Flowers nxiU 

 lary or terminal, solitary, fascicled, subracemose or panicled, white, vellow 

 or red, regular, dioecious, polygamous or hermaplu-odite. Sejmls 2-6, 

 imbricate or in decussate pairs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), usually 

 much imbricated or contorted. Male fl. ; Stainens usually indefiMite, 

 hypogynous ; filaments free or variously connate, monadelphous or in as 

 many bundles as there aie petals ; anthers various. Female fl. ; 

 5^aniino(?es various. Ovary l-2-oo -celled ; stylo slender, short orO; stigmas 



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